Brent D. Anderson

Overview

Brent Anderson has a national trial practice, defending multimillion dollar catastrophic injury cases, with a focus on product liability and trucking matters. He has tried cases in 13 different states, and litigated matters from Alaska to Florida, and Maine to California.

Brent’s experience in effectively presenting complex and technical information at trial runs the gamut from fire science and electrical engineering principles to multi-vehicle accident reconstructions. Such skills have allowed him to act successfully as national trial counsel for a number of different product manufacturers, winning cases as diverse as an asbestos trial in Philadelphia, a quadruple-death case in Kansas, and a consumer product trial in Las Vegas.

In addition, Brent is a frequent author and lecturer on Daubert matters, and has a strong record of excluding opposing experts.

Experience

Product Liability Litigation

Won a multi-week jury trial for a product manufacturer in Kansas wherein it was alleged that the client’s product started a fire that lead to the deaths of three children and a handicapped adult.

Won a multi-week asbestos trial in Philadelphia after being brought in to try the case less than two months before trial.

Represented a product manufacturer in a trial brought by the widow of a firefighter who was electrocuted while responding to a fire scene.

Obtained a directed verdict in a product liability suit in Oregon.

Won a defense verdict in Texas in a triple-death case where a custom engineered piece of tooling failed, dropping three workers to their death in the river below.

Successfully defended product manufacturer in Colorado by striking all of its fire experts and winning summary judgment. The order was affirmed on appeal by the Tenth Circuit, and the standards for proper fire investigation were ultimately incorporated into NFPA 921.

Successfully represented truck manufacturer at trial in Colorado federal court where the jury was out a mere 17 minutes before returning a full defense verdict.

Represented product importer in wrongful death case in Kentucky at trial that settled very favorably after the cross of the plaintiffs’ key witness.